"Movie Blog" Review

"Movie blog Review"

In my pursuit of the perfect movie blog (I know how could there be one better than mine) although seemingly fruitless venture I did come across quite a few spectacular movie reviewers and reviews and some not so spectacular movie reviewers and reviews. Me being a connoisseur of film and a reviewer myself was extremely critical of the films being reviewed and how the reviews were being written I struggled with the choice of which blog of which to choose for some time. Initially I thought I would choose the easy way and pick some big well known site to review, however I quickly became disillusioned with the idea when I saw what films were being reviewed on most of these large sites, I decided to dig deep and browse until I found one that adequately met my standards.

Luckily I found a blog with a spectacular set of movies and a pretty good style The History place is a movie review blog that primarily reviews Historical or Politically themed movies. The History place is an extremely simplistic blog with a list of movies, many of these movies like "Inglorious Basterds" were ones I really enjoyable. The blog doesn't really have many special features but it is formatted in an easily navigable way. The reviews are well written on goods films I would say that The History place is a pretty good blog.

"Interstellar" Review

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This week I will be reviewing "Interstellar".

Interstellar was directed by Christopher Nolan, Written by Johnathan and Christopher Nolan, the cinematography was done by Hoyte Von Hoytema, the music was done by Hans Zimmer. Starring Matthew McConaughey as Joseph "Coop" Cooper, Anne Hathaway as Dr. Amelia Brand, Jessica Chastain as  Murphy "Murph" Cooper, Bill Irwin as TARS and CASEY,  Michael Caine as Professor Brand.

The plot of Interstellar follows a future set in the late 21st century harried by crop blights that threaten the survival of humanity. Joseph Cooper, a windowed retired NASA pilot runs a farm with his family his father-In-law , son Tom. and his daughter Murphy. Living in a post truth society where things like the space race are fiction. Murphy is finds his way to a NASA run in secret by his old Professor Brand. Professor Brand reveals to Coop that the earth is on the brink of collapse and its time is limited, he asks Coop as one of the only NASA pilots left alive to join a mission to find a new habitable world for humanity.

Interstellar was a spectacular movie. The special effects in the film were amazing and captivating. The cinematography for the film was epic. The acting was also just great especially from Matthew McConaughey's character Joseph Cooper. The music was engrossing and complemented the movie's environments amazingly. I would highly recommend this film to anyone looking to pass time or an amazing film.

"District 9" Review

"District 9"

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This week I will be reviewing "District 9"

District 9 was a science fiction film Directed by Neil Blomkamp, Written by Neil Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell. The film Stars Sharlto Copley as Wikus Van de Merwe, Jason Cope as Christopher Johnson and Grey Badman, David James as Colonel Koobus Veneter, Nathalie Bolitt as Sarah Livingstone, Mandla Gaduka as Fundiswa Mhlanga, Eugene Khumban as Obesanjdo and Louis Minnaar as Piet Smit.

The plot of district 9 Follows an alternate history earth where in 1982 an alien spaceship stopped inexplicably stopped over the South African city of Johannesburg. On board the ship an investigation discovers a population of malnourished aliens called prawns. The South African government traps the prawns in an area they dub "District 9" to police this area the South African government hires a Private Military Company known as Multinational United abbreviated as MNU relocate the prawns to a new internment zone. A bureaucrat by the name of Wikus Van de Merwe is sent to lead the relocation process.

District 9 was a spectacular movie it was the first film by Neil Blomkamp, I ever watched it still remains an iconic movie to me. The acting was top notch yet again the film starred one of my favourite actors Sharlto Copley. The film had spectacular special effects and animation. District 9 really captured at the time I watched it a feeling of desperation and a crushing denial within the character of "Wikus Van de Merwe". District 9 was an all around amazing movie and I would definitely recommend it o anyone who hasn't seen it, it is a must watch.

"Elysium" Review

"ELYSIUM"

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This week I will be reviewing the film "Elysium"

It was written and directed  Neill Blomkamp. It was Produced by Neill Blomkamp, Bill Block, and Simon Kimberg. The cinematography was done by Trent Opaloch The film stars Matt Damon as Max Da Costa, Sharlto Copley as Agent C.M Kruger, Jamie Foster as Defence Secretary Delacore, and Alice Braga as Frey Santiago.

In the year 2154 the earth is an overpopulated and polluted. Most people live in absolute squalor in near starvation deprived of most medicinal technology. The upper class of human society live in orbit on board a gigantic space station known as Elysium. Elysium contains some of the most advanced technology known to man even medical device that can cure any disease, regrow entire limbs, and even reverse the ageing process. A long running feud exists between the Inhabitants of Elysium and the people on earth who supply them with their every need and desperately need the technology on Elysium.

One of my favourite directors Neill Blomkamp directed Elysium while it certainly inst one of his better films, Elysium was certainly one of his fetter films. Nonetheless Elysium was an extremely enjoyable movie with a great social commentary that explored a plethora of political and sociological themes like work exploitation, immigration, overpopulation, health care, social classes, and the justice system.  Elysium's visual effects were spectacular the scenes were extremely well done every scene captured the feeling of the story. The acting was spot on in this movie especially from Sharlto Copley's character Kruger, I never really imagined he would play a character like Kruger and I was genuinely surprised with how much I enjoyed him as the character. I would highly recommend Elysium to anyone looking to pass some time or a good movie to watch.

"CHAPPiE" Review"

"CHAPPiE"

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This week I will be reviewing the Science Fiction film Chappie

Chappie was directed Neil Blomkamp.Written By Neil Blomkamp and Terri Tachell. The cinematography was done by  Trent Opaloch. the music was done by Hans Zimmer. The film starred Sharlto Copley as Chappie, Dev Patel as Deon Wilson, Ninja as Ninja, Yolandi Visser as Yolandi, Sigourney Weaver as Michelle Bradley, Hugh Jackman as Vincent Moore, and Jose Pablo Cantillo as Amerika.

Chappie takes place in the not so distant future in South Africa, with rising crime rates in Johannesburg the government sets about stemming them by using a robot supplemented police force purchased from a weapons manufacturer known as Tetravaal,  the designer of these new robot police Deon Wilson has been experimenting and researching a way to create artificial intelligence. He believes he can create it but his superior Michelle Bradley refuses to allow him the use of a robot for his artificial intelligence experiment and one of his competitors Vincent Moore constantly seeks to undermine his attempts.

Chappie was a good watch and extremely entertaining. Chappie's visual effects were spectacular, scenes were extremely well done, the film was overall fun to watch. Chappie starred one of my all time favorite actors Sharlto Copley his performance as Chappie was Spectacular . Chappie  I would highly recommend Chappie to anyone looking to kill some time or see an entertaining science fiction film.

"Inglorious Basterds" Review

"INGLORIOUS BASTERDS"

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This week I will be reviewing "Inglorious Basterds"

Inglorious Basterds is an American-German Film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The cinematography was done by Robert Richardson.Starring Brad Pitt as First Lieutenant Aldo Raine, Christoph Waltz as SS Colonel Hans Landa, Michael Fassbender as Lieutenant Archie Hicox, Eli Roth as Staff Sergeant Donny Donowitz, Diane Kruger as Bridget Von Hammersmark, Til Schweiger as Sergeant Hugo Sterwitz, Daniel Bruhl as Private First Class Friedrick Zoller, and Melanie Laurent as Shosanna Dreyfus.

The plot is set in an alternate history  World War 2 with 2 separate plots to assassinate Nazi Germany's Political leadership. The story  follows 3 separate perspectives the Basterds' a group of Jewish American Soldiers operating in Nazi occupied France, spreading fear throughout the German ranks and using guerrilla warfare. The perspective of Hans Landa an SS Colonel known as the Jew Hunter who has arrived in France. Also the perspective of Shosanna Dreyfus a Jewish cinema owner in who has gained the infatuation of a German soldier.

Inglorious Basterds was an amazing film there wasn't a moment when I was bored, the film was engaging, fun and extremely interesting. The acting was amazing the usage of different languages and the obscuring of information in particular subtitles for when a different language is being spoken depending on which perspective we were seeing, was an amazing touch.  The acting by pretty much all of the characters was amazing. This film was 100% entertaining and enjoyable I would highly recommend to anyone watch this film.

"Pacific Rim" Review

"PACIFIC RIM"

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This week I will be reviewing Pacific Rim

Pacific Rim is a Science fiction monster film Directed by legendary director Guillermo Del Torro, the screenplay was done by Guillermo Del Toro and  Travis Beacham. It was written by Travis Beacham. The cinematography was done by  Guillermo Navarro. The Film Stars Charlie Hunnam as Raleigh Becket, Idris Elba as Stacker Pentecost, Rinko Kukuchi as Mako Mori, Charlie Day as Dr. Newton Geiszler, Max Martini as Herc Hansen, Robert Kazinsky as Chuck Hansen and Ron Perlman as Hannibal Chou.

The Plot of Pacific Rim follows a world where in an interdimensional portal opened at the bottom of the Pacific ocean, giant monsters known as Kaiju rise from the portal and began attacking all over the pacific. In response humanity unites to combat the threat and creates the Jaegar program, the program Produces Giant Mechas controlled by two or more mentally linked individuals, to reduce mental strain the machines puts on them in a process called drifting.

Pacific Rim was an amazing movie the Special FX and CGI were spectacular every fight scene was vivid and great to watch. Pacific Rim was exciting, fun and a great time. The acting was great all of the main characters and a few of the supporting characters were extremely likable and realistic. Idris Elba's Character Stacker Pentacost, Charlie Hunnam's Character Raleigh Becket, and Rink Kukuchi's Character Mako Mori all had great character development in the film a thing lacking in most films these nowadays.  I would highly recommend this film to anyone who hasn't seen it.